Dick’s Tap and Shake celebrates one year in Cedar Rapids

DICKIE w/ Brian Johannesen

Dick’s Tap and Shake Room — Sunday, Aug. 20 at 6 p.m.

Dick’s Tap and Shake opened in Cedar Rapids last year, with a focus on original music. — photo by Michael Roeder

Looking back over the past year since Dick Prall took over the former Mahoney’s bar in Cedar Rapids, the event calendar of live acts shows how special the re-christened Dick’s Tap and Shake room is: treesreach (when they were called Live Broadcast), Jordan Bruce, DOSH, the Magnetos, Elizabeth Moen, Joe and Vicki Price, Bernemann Brothers, Evan Stock, Avon Dale, Brother Trucker and of course Prall’s own band DICKIE. The list of acts features local and national original artists — a rare thing in a town that tends to favor cover bands.

Mahoney’s was a place that defined “neighborhood bar” — a good time with friends and regulars — and Dick’s has continued that warm familiarity while also providing Prall’s own stamp of character. A fresh coat of paint and a remodel was just what the bar needed, and fun regular events like movie night and karaoke as well as featured vinyl spinning makes Dick’s a guaranteed respite from whatever is going on in your day.

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